SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
CASE HISTORIES IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING AND
SYMPOSIUM IN HONOR OF PROFESSOR JAMES K. MITCHELL
ARLINGTON, VA (USA) AUGUST 11-16, 2008
List of Accepted Papers
STATE OF THE ART AND PRACTICE (SOAP) LECTURES
W. D. Liam Finn
(Canada)
Keynote: The Impact of Low Probability Ground Motions on Canadian
Geotechnical Engineering Practice
Yoshiaki Kikuchi
(Japan)
Bearing Capacity Evaluation of Long, Large-Diameter, Open-Ended Piles SOAP 1
Pedro Seco e Pinto
Joao Barradas
Arlindo Sousa
(Portugal )
Lessons Learned From Two Case Histories of Retaining Structures SOAP 2
K. Rainer Massarsch
(Sweden)
Bengt H. Fellenius
(Canada)
Ground Vibrations Induced by Impact Pile Driving SOAP 3
Raymond B. Seed
(USA)
Performance of the New Orleans Levee Systems in Hurricane Katrina SOAP 4
(not yet received)
Ronaldo Luna
J. David Rogers
(USA)
Recent Geotechnical Developments in Geospatial Information Systems Technology
SOAP 5
Des. Hartford
(Canada)
Risk Analysis in Geotechnical and Earthquake Engineering: State-of- the-Art and
Practice for Embankment Dams SOAP 6
Ed Kavazanjian
(USA)
The Indispensable Role of Case Histories in Landfill Engineering SOAP 7
William Van Impe
(Belgium)
Evaluation of the Experiences in Underwater Dam Construction on Soft Soils
SOAP 8
Scott Steedman
(UK)
Modelling the Performance of Flood Protection Levees on Soft Soils SOAP 9
(withdrawn)
J. P. Singh
(USA)
Use of Case Histories in Designing and Conducting Full Scale Load Test for
Developing and Validating Numerical Methods SOAP 10 (not yet received)
Kjell Karlsrud
Lars Andresen
(Norway)
Design and Performance of Deep Excavations in Soft Clays SOAP 12
Clyde N. Baker, Jr.
Sara E. Knight
Ryan C. Rush
Donald W. Hamlin
(USA)
Unexpected Caisson Problems, Soil Structure Interaction Predictions and
Required Ground Modification SOAP 14
SPECIAL LECTURE:
James K. Mitchell
(USA)
Aging of Sand – A Continuing Enigma? SOAP 11
SPECIAL LECTURES
George Gazetas
I. Anastasopoulos
(Greece)
Case Histories of Foundations on top of a Rupturing Normal Fault during the
Kocaeli 1999 Earthquake OSP 1
D.S. “Sax” Saxena
(USA)
Case Studies in Forensic Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering OSP 2
George E. Leventis
Kostis Syngros
Ricardo Dobry
(USA)
Chacao Channel Bridge – The Design Challenges OSP 3
Tony D. Canale
Joel Moskowitz
James L. Kaufman
(USA)
New York City High-rises on Rock: Uncovering the Unknown Leads to Variable
Foundation Solutions OSP 4
Rolf Katzenbach
Gregor Bachmann
Christian Gutberlet
(Germany)
Soil-Structure Interaction and ULS Design of Complex Deep Foundations OSP 5
A. Verghese Chummar
(India)
Case Studies of Failure of Cast-in-Situ Piles OSP 6
Nikos Gerolymos
(Greece)
Analysis of Two Case Histories of Violent Landslides Triggered by Earthquakes
OSP 7
Mark R. Svinkin
(USA)
Soil and Structure Vibrations from Construction and Industrial Sources OSP 8
Azm S. Al-Homound
(UAE)
Ground Improvement Experience in Calcareous Sand Land Reclamation Mega
Projects of UAE OSP 9 (withdrawn)
Lanmin Wang
Zhijian Wu
Junjie Sun
Luxin Zhang
(China)
Qinghai-Tibet Railway, China and the Solutions to its Major Geotechnical Problems
for Construction OSP 10
SYMPOSIUM IN HONOR OF PROFESSOR JAMES K. MITCHELL
Richard A. Mitchell
(USA)
Evaluation and Long-term Performance Monitoring of Landfill Containment and
Control Systems JKM 1 (not yet received)
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James M. Duncan
(USA)
Failures of Floodwalls in New Orleans During Hurricane Katrina JKM 2 (not yet
received)
Ed Kavazanjian Jr.
Ismail Karatas
(USA)
Microbiological Improvement of the Physical Properties of Soil JKM 3
Rudolph Bonaparte
John F. Beech
Leslie M. Griffin
David K. Phillips
Uday Kumthekar
Johnny Reising
(USA)
Design, Construction, and Performance of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal
Facility JKM 4
H. Turan Durgunoglu
(Turkey)
Performance of Deep Soil Nailed Walls JKM 5
Kenichi Soga
Hisham Mohamad
Peter J. Bennett
(United Kingdom)
Distributed Fiber Optics Strain Measurements for Monitoring Geotechnical
Structures JKM 6
SESSION 1
“Case Histories of Unexpected Behavior and Failure of Shallow, Deep and other Foundations, including Soil
Structure Interaction, Foundations in Expansive, Collapsible and Sulphative Rich Soils, Foundations in
Arid, Semi-Arid Zones; Case Histories Involving Rapid Load Testing (Statnamic, Fundex, Drop Weight) for
Deep Foundations, Pile Driving and Evaluation”
Emad A.M. Osman
Suzan S.M. Salem
(Egypt)
Damage of Governmental Building due to Geotechnical Properties (Case History)
1.01
Suksun Horpibulsuk
Apichit Kumpala
Wanchai Katkan
Runglawan Rachan
(Thailand)
Underpinning for a Distressed Building in Northest Thailand 1.02
Kumars Zand-Parsa
(USA)
Kumran Zand-Parsa
(Iran)
Pile Driving and the Elastic Rebound Theory 1.03
Enrique Padilla-Corona
(Mexico)
Foundations on Expansive Soils in Mexico 1.04
Manjeet S. Hora
Abhay Sharma
(India)
Effect of Geometrical Parameters on Nonlinear Soil-structure Interaction Behavior
of Plane Frame-soil System 1.05
Manjeet S. Hora
(India)
Elasto-plastic Soil-structure Interaction Analysis of Building Frame-soil System
1.06
G. G. Boldyrev
A. J. Muyzemnek
(Russia)
The Modeling of Deformation Process in Soils with use of Ansys and Ls-Dyna
Programs 1.08
Jaime Graterol M.
(Venezuela)
A Review of Foundation Failures on Plastic Clays, Following the Yield Shear
Strength Concept of a Plastic Solid in this Kind of Soil 1.10
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Keyhan Sajedi
(Malaysia)
Jafar Bolouri Bazaz
(Iran)
Bujang B.K. Huat
(Malaysia)
Effects of Cyclic Test in Decreasing Damages to Structures and Roads on Gypsum
Soils 1.11
Armin W. Stuedlein
Matt D. Gibson
Garry E. Horvitz
(USA)
Tension and Compression Micropile Load Tests in Gravelly Sand 1.12
Jamshid Sadrekarimi
Maryam Akbarzad
Ghamari
(Iran)
The Coefficient of Subgrade Reaction and Its Accuracy on Design of Foundations
1.15
Kumar Venkatesh
N.K. Samadhiya
A.D. Pandey
(India)
Approaches of Analysis of Ogee Shaped Barrage Raft Floor on Varying Foundation
Media 1.16
Haji Ali Faisal
Sieng Kai Lee
(Malaysia)
New Pile Instrumentation Technique for Driven and Jacked-in Prestressed Spun
Concrete Piles 1.17
S.R. Pathak
S.N. Kamat
D.R. Phatak
(India)
Study of Behaviour of Square and Rectangular Footings Resting on Cohesive Soils
Based on Model Tests 1.18
Walter G. Brusey
Robert Yin
(USA)
Influence of Taper in Selecting Pile Support System for Major Structures 1.19
V.A. Barvashov
P.V. Kharlamov
A.I. Naidenov
S.A. Rytov
(Russia)
Application of Simplified Models to Qualitative Geotechnical Analysis 1.21
V.A. Barvashov
E.A. Parfenov
P.I.Yastrebov
A.N. Gavrilov
E.M. Gryaznova
(Russia)
Deformations of Existing Buildings, Caused by Construction Activities 1.22
Omar Hmoud AlHattamleh
(Jordan)
Heave Problem in Spread Footing in Jordanian Expansive Soil 1.25
A. Canan Emrem
H. Fatih Kulac
(UAE)
H. Turan Durgunoglu
Gorkem Icoz
(Turkey)
Case History of Osterberg Cell Testing of a ф1500mm Bored Pile and the
Interpretation of the Strain Measurements for Princess Tower, Dubai, U.A.E. 1.27
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Chavdar Vassilev Kolev
(Bulgaria)
Soil Protection under High Buildings in Sofia after Revealing of Karsts Caverns in
Clay 1.30
Mohammad Hassan
Baziar
Naemeh Naghavi
(Iran)
Parametric Study of the Response of Single Pile under Lateral Loading at the Pile
Head 1.31
Dan Yang
Ernest Naesgaard
Peter M. Byrne
(Canada)
Soil-Structure Interaction Considerations in Seismic Design for Deep Bridge
Foundations 1.36
Dan Dimitriu
C. (Kees) Kooy
(Canada)
On Short-Term and Long-Term Behavior of Large Diameter Above-ground Steel
Storage Tanks Founded on Glacial Tills 1.39
Matthew E. Meyer
Lijian Zhou
Cristina M. González
(USA)
Evaluation and Repair of a Subterranean Parking Garage to Resist Hurricane Flood
Levels 1.40
W. Wu
F. Aschauer
M.S. Acharya
J. Ludwig
(Austria)
Foundation Rehabilitation of Bridge over Danube: the Role of Pile Integrity Testing
1.42
Waddah Akili
(USA)
On Pile Performance in the Offshore Fields of Qatar: Installation Evaluations,
Discrepancies, and Remedial Measures 1.44
Harry G. Poulos
(Australia)
Grahame Bunce
(United Kingdom)
Foundation Design for the Burj Dubai - The World's Tallest Building 1.47
Petr Koudelka
(Czech Republic)
History of Ultimate Limit State Design of Bored Piles 1.48
Constantine
Stamatopoulos
(Greece)
Case Histories of Damage of Foundations near Sliding Slopes 1.52
Hoyoung Seo
Monica Prezzi
Rodrigo Salgado
(USA)
Settlement Analysis of Axially Loaded Piles 1.56
Nien-Yin Chang
Hien Nghiem
(USA)
Soil-Structure Interaction Effects of High Rise Building 1.58
Ching Tsai
Zhongjie Zhang
(USA)
Design and Load Verification of Driven Pile Foundations 1.59
M.A.Mahamud
M. Alamgir
M. J. Hossain
(Bangladesh)
Laboratory Investigation on the Behavior of Improved Organic Soil of Khulna
Region 1.61
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Pongsakorn Punrattanasin
Watcharin Gasaluck
(Thailand)
The Bearing Capacity of Cement-treated Loess: A Case History of Khon Kaen
Loess, Thailand 1.62
Mahmoud Ghazavi
Hossein Ali Ahmadi
(Iran)
Time-Dependent Bearing Capacity Increase of Uniformly Driven Tapered Piles –
Field Load Test 1.66
Mahmoud Ghazavi
Omid Tavassoli
(Iran)
Numerical Analysis of Drivability of Non-Uniform Piles 1.67
Jason D. Redgers
(United Arab Emirates)
Alan L. Moxhay
Gurmel S. Ghataora
Ian Jefferson
(United Kingdom)
Case Histories of Settlement Performance Comparisons on Ground Improvement
Using Soil Stiffness Seismic Wave and Traditional Methods 1.71
Anton Chirica
(Romania)
The Importance of Field Tests and Monitoring Activity for the Remedial
Measurements Corresponding to Some Old Buildings in Bucharest 1.74
Ashraf El Far
John Davie
(USA)
Tank Settlement Due to Highly Plastic Clays 1.75
SESSION 2
“Case Histories on Failures of Slopes, Dams, Embankments and Landfills, Including those on Landslides
and other Mass Movements (Failure of Levees in New Orleans, Katrina, 2005, Debris Flows, Mudslides in
California, Venezuela and Elsewhere) due to Rain, Flooding, Earthquakes, Anthropological and other
Causative Factors”
Eray Özgüler
Ayşe Aydin
(Turkey)
Evaluation of Dispersive Properties of Clays to be used in Embankment of ArsuzGönençay Dam 2.01
Byung-Sik Chun
Chang-Koo Cho
Jin-Young Kong
Ju-Heon Lim
Jeong-Wan Lee
(Korea)
Analysis of Problems in Cut Slope Survey and Design Based on Case Studies 2.03
Constantine A.
Stamatopoulos
Stavros G. Aneroussis
(Greece)
Back Analysis of the Malakassa Landslide Using the Multi-Block Model 2.04
R. D. Padhye
P.B. Ullagaddi
(India)
Case Study of Failure of A.R.C.C. Counterfort Retaining Wall 2.05
M. Chang
G.M. Chiang
S.D. Chen
Y.S. Zhang
H.C. Liu
C.F. Wu
(Taiwan, R.O.C.)
Investigation on Mechanism of Creep Deformation of Slopes in Woo-Wan-Chai
Landslide Area, Taiwan 2.08
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A. L. Gotman
M.A. Suvorov
(Russia)
Calculation of Features of Many Row Pile Landslide Protection Structures 2.09
S.B. Manolopoulou.
T.T. Papaliangas
T. Dimopoulos
(Greece)
Analysis and Stabilization of a Failed Cut Slope in Schist 2.10
Ebad Ghanbari
M. K. Noutash
(Iran)
Mass Movement Landslide (June 10, 2005) Along Sarab-Ardebil Main Road (West
Slope Savalan Volcanic Mountain) - Azerbaijan – Iran 2.12
Mohammadreza.
Rajabalinejad
P.H.A.J.M. Van Gelder
J.K. Vrijling
(Netherlands)
Probabilistic Finite Elements with Dynamic Limit Bounds; A Case Study: 17th
Street Flood Wall, New Orleans 2.16
J. González-Gallego
J. Moreno Robles
J.L. García de la Oliva
F. Pardo de Santayana
(Spain)
Stabilization of a Large Paleo-landslide Reactivated because of the Works to Install
a New Ski Lift in Formigal Skiing Resort 2.17
Meindert A. Van
Cor Zwanenburg
John M. van Esch
(Netherlands)
Michael K. Sharp
Reed L. Mosher
(USA)
Horizontal Translational Failures of Levees Due to Water Filled Gaps 2.20
Mahmoud Ghahremani
Abbas Ghalandarzadeh
(Iran)
Kazuo Konagai
(Japan)
Investigation on the Liquefaction of a Clayey-Sandy Soil During Changureh
Earthquake 2.22
Md. Zakaria Hossain
(Japan)
Md. Zahurul Islam
(Bangladesh)
Toshinori Sakai
(Japan)
An Investigation on Failure of Embankments in Bangladesh 2.23
A. Ghosh
S. Sarkar
D.P. Kanungo
S.K. Jain
Dalip Kumar
Zameer Ahmed
Ashish Patra
(India)
Landslide Investigation at Phata Village on Rudraprayag-Kedarnath Road,
Uttaranchal - A Case Study 2.24
Scott Newhouse
(USA)
Averted Piping Failure - Earth Dam on Permeable Foundation 2.28
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Adichat Surinkum
Worawoot Tantiwanit
Jarin Tulyatid
(Thailand)
Prevention, Mitigation and Engineering Response for Geohazard in Thailand 2.29
Abouzar Sadrekarimi
Scott M. Olson
(USA)
The Importance of Mineralogy and Grain Compressibility in Understanding Field
Behavior of Failures 2.30
Nejan Huvaj-Sarihan
Timothy D. Stark
(USA)
Back-analyses of Landfill Slope Failures 2.34
Chavdar Vassilev Kolev
(Bulgaria)
Rehabilitation of Sliding Motorway Slopes on Deep Failure in Bulgaria 2.35
Kazuya Itoh
Sahaphol Timpong
Yasuo Toyosawa
(Japan)
Case History of Labor Accident due to Slope Failure during Slope Excavation and
its Countermeasure Work 2.36
Francesco Castelli
Valentina Lentini
Michele Maugeri
(Italy)
Experimental and Numerical Analysis of the Behaviour of an Embankment
Stabilized with Vertical Drains 2.37
Vahid Maazallahi
Ali Saiedi
(Iran)
Locating Slide Surface and Pre-Slide Topography Using Site Investigation Data,
Case Study: Maskoun Landslide 2.40
Conor M. Watkins
J. David Rogers
(USA)
Overview of the Taum Sauk Pumped Storage Power Plant Upper Reservoir Failure,
Reynolds County, MO 2.43
Erik J. Nelson
(USA)
Investigation and Repair of a Leaking Earthfill Dam 2.45
Toyosawa Yasuo
Itoh Kazuya
Timpong Sahaphol
(Japan)
Lessons Learned from Slope and Trench Failures in Japan 2.47
Timpong Sahaphol
Itoh Kazuya
Toyosawa Yasuo
(Japan)
Case History and Numerical Analysis of Trench Collapse in Japan 2.48
Y.D. Zhou
L. G. Tham
J. Li
C.Y. To
C.F. Lee
(Hong Kong)
Controlled Wetting Test of a Soil Nailed Loose Fill Slope: Case
Study 2.50
Austin Weltman
Xun Yuan
(United Kingdom)
Evaluation and Stabilisation of an Embankment at Sebastopol, South Wales, UK
2.52
Anton D. Tzenkov
(Bulgaria)
Stability Analysis of a Tailings Dam: Existing State and Planned Heightening 2.57
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Quentin Gehring
Ronaldo Luna
(USA)
Evaluation of the Taum Sauk Upper Reservoir Failure 2.61
Seung Ho Lee
(Korea)
Bang Woong Shin
Sanjeev Kumar
Sang Uok Shin
(USA)
A Case Study of Characteristics of Damages Caused by Typhoon EWINIAR 2006 in
South Korea 2.62
Michael Fabius
Myint Win Bo
Bernardo Villegas
(Canada)
Stabilization of a 30m High Riverbank in Canada with Nails, Plates and Roots 2.66
Arunkumar Bhat K
R. Shivashankar
Ramakrishna Yaji
(India)
Case Study of Landslide in NH-13 at Kethikal near Mangalore – India 2.69
P. K. Basudhar
G. Bhattacharya
(India)
Predicted Versus Observed Failure Surface: A Case Study 2.70
Paolo Croce
Giuseppe Modoni
(Italy)
Analysis of Dam Behaviour After Eighty Years of Service 2.71
W. Kanning
S. Van Baars
J.K. Vrijling
(Netherlands)
The Stability of Flood Defenses on Permeable Soils: The London Avenue Canal
Failures in New Orleans 2.72
A. K. L. Kwong
C. F. Lee
(Hong Kong)
A Field Test Study on Instrumented Soil Nail Installed in Cut Slope 2.73
M. Yazdani
M. Fadaee
A. Eslami Haghighat
(Iran)
Application of Screening Analyses for the Stability of Landslide in Seymareh Dam
Project 2.77
A. Sadeghpour
J. Asgari
M. Mojezi
(Iran)
Study of Instability Event of Rock Trench in Vanyar Dam Spillway 2.78
Costas Papantonopoulos
Panos Kloukinas
George Mylonakis
(Greece)
Stability Analysis of a 70m-high Cut at an Ancient Landslide Area in Patras, Greece
2.79
Sebastian Lobo-Guerrero
Neal. W. Fannin
James G. Ulinski
Suresh Gutta
(USA)
Lessons Learned from the Performance of a Degradable Shale Embankment: Case
Study 2.82
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Maria Isabela Marques da
Cunha V. Bello
Roberto Quental Coutinho
Alexandre Duarte
Gusmão
(Brazil)
Failure of the Embankment on soft Soil in Recife-Brazil 2.83
KyungSoo Jeon
NakYoung Kim
HyoJong Youn
NakJoo Kim
(South Korea)
Rapid Recovery of Demolished Young-Dong Highway 205.4km Due to Heavy Rain
2.84
Farzad Farrokhzad
Asskar JanAli-Zadeh
(Iran)
Geotechnical Schemes for Constructing Light Structures on Instable Slopes 2.85
Farzad Farrokhzad
Asskar JanAli-Zadeh
Amin Barari
(Iran)
Prediction of Slope Stability using Artificial Neural Network (Case Study: Noabad
Mazandaran, Iran) 2.86
S. Mohsen. Haeri
Danial Faghihi
(Iran)
Predicting Hydraulic Fracturing in Hyttejuvet Dam 2.88
Zakaria Zoorasna
Amir Hamidi
Ali Ghanbari
(Iran)
Seepage Through Different Concrete Cut Off Wall Connection Systems
Case Study: Karkheh Storage Dam 2.89
Zakaria Zoorasna
Amir Hamidi
Ali Ghanbari
(Iran)
Stress-Strain Analysis of Different Concrete Cut off Wall Connection Systems Case
Study: Karkheh Storage Dam 2.90
Thamer A.M.
Megat J.M.M.N.
Huat B.B.K.
Azlan A.A.
(Malaysia)
Assessment of Some Old Earth Dams in Malaysia through Observation and
Computer Simulation 2.91
Rajib Kumar Goswami
Baleshwar Singh
(India)
An Analysis of Causes of Urban Landslides in Residual Lateritic Soil 2.92
Indrajit Roy
(India)
Slope Stability Study of External Dump of Sonepur-Bazari Opencast Coal Mine,
India - A Case Study 2.93
R.S.T. Sai
S.K. Shukla
G.M. Prasad
R.K. Vishnoi
Sandeep Singhal
(India)
Initial Filling of Tehri Reservoir – Analysis of Seepage Data 2.95
Punya Chupanit
Pichit Jamnongpipatkul
(Thailand)
Repair of a Failed Slope using Geogrid Reinforcement 2.96
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A. Santha Ram
S.P.Goyal
(India)
Pit Slope Failure Problems in Goan Iron Ore Mines, Goa, India 2.97
R.S.T. Sai
S.K. Shukla
G.M. Prasad
R.K. Vishnoi
T.S. Routela
(India)
Integrated Approach for Stabilisation of Varunavat Parvat Landslide – A Case Study
2.98
Gloria Estrada
(Colombia)
Influence of Kinematic Interaction Effects on Earthquake Structure Response:
Analysis of these Effects in the Colombia Earthquake of November 15, 2004 2.99
SESSION 3
“Case Histories and Failure of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Including Land Slides; Lessons
learned from Kobe 1995, Turkey 1999, Chi-Chi 1999, Greece 1999, Bhuj India 2001, Alaska and Italy 2002,
Mexico, China and Algeria 2003, 2004 M-9 SE Indonesia and Japan Earthquake, 2005 Chile, Japan and
other 2006 – 2008 Earthquakes; Reports on Recent Earthquakes”
Mitsu Okamura
Shinya Shigematsu
(Japan)
Damage to Masonry Retaining Walls during Niigataken Chuetsu Earthquake 3.01
Mahmood Seid-Karbasi
James Ji
Upul Akukorala
Peter Byrne
(Canada)
Prediction of Post-Earthquake Failure for a Near-Shore Slope in a Low Seismic
Region 3.02
Arun Bapat
(India)
Damage of Tall Structures Situated at Long Distance from Epicenter due to Long
Period Seismic Waves and Effect on Structures on Filled Lands 3.03
Robert Kayen
(USA)
Tao Xiaxin
Shi Lijing
Shi Hailiang
(China)
Shear Wave-Velocity Investigation of Soil Liquefaction Sites from the Tangshan,
China, M7.8 Earthquake of 1976 Using Active and Passive Surface Wave Methods
3.04
C.P. Kuo
M. Chang
R.E. Hsu
S.H. Shau
T.M. Lin
(Taiwan, R.O.C.)
Evaluation of Liquefaction Potential and Post-Liquefaction Settlement of Tzuoswei
River Alluvial Plain in Western Taiwan 3.05
Sri Atmaja P. Rosyidi
(Indonesia)
Mohd. Raihan Taha
(Malaysia)
Surya Budi Lesmana
Joko Wintolo
Agus Darmawan Adi
(Indonesia)
Some Lessons from Yogyakarta Earthquake of May 27, 2006 3.08
Indra Prakash
D. M. Pancholi
(India)
Geotechnical Assessment and Evaluation of the Impact of Kachchh (Bhuj) India
2001 Earthquake 3.09
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D.N. Lindberg
R.C. Chaney
J.P. Buck
F.R. Bickner
G.L. Manhart
G.A. Vadurro
(USA)
Probabilistic Estimation of Site Specific Fault Displacements 3.11
Savino Russo
Giovanna Vessia
Claudio Cherubini
(Italy)
Considerations on Different Features of Local Seismic Effect Numerical
Simulations: The Case Studied of Castelnuovo Garfagnana 3.12
M.L. Rainone
P. Torrese
P. Signanini
(Italy)
Seismic Site Effects in the Faulted Piancastagnaio area (Italy): An Explanation
Attempt 3.13
C. Guney Olgun
James R. Martin II
(USA)
Numerical Modeling of Columnar Reinforced Ground 1999 Kocaeli Earthquake
Case History 3.15
M.K. Jafari
S. M. Moosavi
(Iran)
Lessons to be Learned from Surface Fault Ruptures in Iran Earthquakes 3.16
Atilla Ansal
Aslı Kurtulus
Gökçe Tönük
(Turkey)
Damage to Water and Sewage Pipelines in Adapazari during 1999 Kocaeli, Turkey
Earthquake 3.17
S.P. Gopal Madabhushi
U. Cilingir
S.K. Haigh
H. Hazarika
(United Kingdom)
Seismic Behaviour of Water Front Structures with Tyre Chip Backfill 3.22
Sanjeev Malhotra
Thomas S. Lee
(USA)
Reinforcement of Slopes for Seismic Stability 3.24
R. Ayothiraman
Damodar Maity
Garnish Kashung
(India)
Effect of Foundation-Reservoir Interaction on Seismic Behaviour of Gravity Dams
3.25
K. R. Datye
M.G. Khare
(India)
Performance of Large Storage Tank in Bhuj Earthquake 3.29
Davoodi, M.
Jafari, M. K
Amel Sakhi, M.
(Iran)
Using New Signal Processing Techniques in Analyzing Masjed Soleyman
Embankment Dam's Explosion Records 3.33
Chin-Tung Cheng
Jin-Chin Chern
Shian-Jin Chiou
Yen-Hsiang Lin
(China)
Investigation of Landslides and Debris Flows in Tachia Watershed between Maan
Dam and Techi Dam 3.34
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G. Abate
M.R. Massimino
M. Maugeri
(Italy)
Simulation of Shaking Table Tests to Study Soil-Structure Interaction Physical
Model by Means of Two Different Constitutive Models 3.35
Jale Tezcan
(USA)
Generating Realistic Ground Motions for Nonlinear Seismic Hazard Analysis -An
Application to Hard Rock Sites in Eastern North America 3.36
Muge Akin
Tamer Topal
(Turkey)
Assessment of SPT-Based Liquefaction Potential of Erbaa (Tokat), Turkey 3.37
Sara Nabili
Yaser Jafarian
Mohammad Hassan
Baziar
(Iran)
Evaluation of the Martin et al. (1975) Pore Pressure Build Up Model Using
Laboratory Test Data 3.41
S. Salemi
M.H. Baziar
C.M. Merrifield
T. Heidari
(Iran/United Kingdom)
Investigation of Dynamic Behavior of Asphalt Core Dams 3.43
Syed Kazim Mahdi
(Pakistan)
Pakistan’s Kashmir-Hazara Zone and the October 8, 2005 Earthquake 3.44
Shamsher Prakash
Vijay K. Puri
(USA)
Design Prediction and Performance of Piles for Seismic Loads 3.48
Salvatore Grasso
Lauretta Spina
Michele Maugeri
(Italy)
Seismic Microzonation Studies in the City of Ragusa (Italy) 3.49
S. Hamid
Hashemolhosseini
Amir H. Halabian
Hessam Saldourgar
(Iran)
Seismic Response of Structures with Underground Stories Considering Non-Linear
Soil-Structure Interaction 3.50
Neelima Satyam
K.S. Rao
(India)
Seismic Site Characterization of Delhi Region Using Microtremor Method: A Case
Study 3.51
S. Suresh Babu
T. Govindasamy
G.K. Arun Vivek
J. Abdul Bari
(India)
Some Experimental Investigations for the Development of Integrated Model of a
Structure with the Controllable Fluid Damper 3.52
Ramón Verdugo
César Pastén
(Chile)
Seismic Source and its Effect on Site Response Observed in Chilean Subductive
Environment 3.53
Robert Kayen
(USA)
Recent Damaging Earthquakes in Japan, 2003-2008 3.54
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Robert Kayen
Wm. Clint Steele
Brian Collins
Kevin Walker
(USA)
Google Earth Mapping of Damage from the Niigata-Ken-Chuetsu M6.6 Earthquake
of 16 July 2007 3.55
Jorge F. Meneses
(USA)
Case Histories of Widespread Liquefaction and Lateral Spread Induced by the 2007
Pisco, Peru Earthquake 3.57
SESSION 4
“Case Histories of Engineering Vibrations, Vibration Control for Underground and Surface Constructions
with Specific Emphasis on the Urban Environment; Predictions, Monitoring and Solutions; Blasting for
Tunnels in Soft Ground and Rock, Discontinuous Rocks and their Application to Water Resources Projects”
Kiyoshi Hayakawa
Ikuo Nakaya
Tadanori Nisimura
(Japan)
The Spread Phenomenon of a Low Frequency Ground Vibration to Originate in the
Highway Bridge and its Simulation Analysis 4.01
Ikuo Nakaya
Kiyoshi Hayakawa
Takahiko Kashimoto
(Japan)
In-site and Model Experiments about Ground Vibration Isolation Method by Using
Scrap Tire 4.02
Jost A. Studer
Rocco Panduri
Hans-Peter Höltschi
(Switzerland)
Synchrotron Facilities: Meeting Stringent Deformation and Vibration Criteria 4.04
Gregg L. Fiegel
Tom M. Farrell
(USA)
Measurement of Vibration and Noise during the Installation of Rammed Aggregate
Piers 4.05
Emre Biringen
John Davie
(USA)
SPT Automatic Hammer Efficiency Revisited 4.06
Zhang-ming Li
Jun-hua Lin
(China)
A Case - Vibration Influences and its Evaluation in Muck Ground Improvement
with the Static-dynamic Method 4.08
Frederick Tajirian
Mansour Tabatabaie
Fred Asiri
Andrei Seryi
(USA)
Calibration of Computer Program SASSI for Vibration Transmissibility
Analysis in Underground Structures using Field Measured Data 4.09
Wei Zheng
(USA)
Large Pile Group Design Optimization with Lateral Resistance of Pile Cap 4.12
Amir M. Halabian
S. Hamid
Hashemolhosseini
Medhi Rezaei
(Iran)
Nonlinear Seismic Analysis of Buried Pipelines during Liquefaction 4.16
Gregory L. Hempen
(USA)
Destructive Water-Borne Pressure Waves 4.17
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Sami Arsoy
(Turkey)
Mitigation of Adverse Vibrations in Nearby Structures Arising from a Large Forge
Hammer 4.18
Asher H. Peltz
Joel L. Volterra
Andrejs Delle
Fred Streichenwein
(USA)
Urban Blasting Vibrations: Case Histories of Vibration Monitoring in New York
City 4.19
Ion Vlad
Mirela-Nausica Vlad
(Romania)
Case Study of Annoying Vibrations Generated by Unbalanced Forces of an Offset
Printing Press 4.20
Behrouz Gatmiri
S. Alireza Mirlatifi
Keyvan Keyvanpazhoh
(Iran)
Retrofitting of the Compressor Foundation by Cement Grouting 4.21
R. Sreekala
N. Lakshmanan
K. Muthumani
N. Gopalakrishnan
K. Sathishkumar
(India)
Potential of Vibration Studies in the Soil Characterization Around Power Plants - A
Case Study 4.22
Ion Vlad
(Romania)
Case Study of the Malfunctioning of a “Compressor”- Foundation – Supporting
Soil” System 4.24
Kaushik Dey
B.K. Pal
(India)
Ground Vibration – Unique Case Studies in Indian Coal Mines 4.25
SESSION 5
“Case Histories and Failure of Retaining Structures, Slurry Walls, and Deep Excavations, Dewatering
Stability”
Kumars Zand-Parsa
(USA)
Kamran Zand-Parsa
(Iran)
The Simplified KZP5 Method for Soil Nail Design in Granular Soils 5.01
Kumars Zand-Parsa
(USA)
Kamran Zand-Parsa
(Iran)
Stability of a MSE Wall Under Bridge Falsework Bent Surcharge 5.02
Raj. V. Siddharthan
Ali Porbaha
(USA)
Seismic Response Validation of DM Treated Liquefiable Soils 5.03
Javad Safadoust
Gholam Moradi
(Iran)
Numerical Analysis of Algonquin Geogrid Reinforced Soil Retaining Wall under
Construction and Earthquake Loading 5.04
Shaw-Shong Liew
Chee-Min Khoo
(Malaysia)
Lessons Learned from Two Investigation Cases of Ground Distresses due to Deep
Excavation in Filled Ground 5.07
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Shahriyar Mojahed
Mark French
(USA)
The Selection of an Earth Retention System at the Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel
Project 5.08
Jan Masopust
(Czech Republic)
Reconstruction of Pier Foundations of the Charles Bridge in Prague 5.10
José Matos e Silva
(Portugal)
Behaviour Monitorization of a 13M High Gabions Wall 5.11
J.Jai
J.H. Wang
C.P. Liu
L. L. Zhang
X.L. Xie
(China)
Behavior of an Excavation Adjacent to a Historical Building and Metro Tunnels in
Shanghai Soft Clays 5.12
Bon Lien
Jésus Gómez
Chris Bailey
(USA)
Design and Construction of Anchored Flexible Facing Excavation Support and
Soldier Pile Wall 5.13
H.Bora Keskin
H.Turan Durgunoglu
Selim Ikiz
(Istanbul)
Harmony of Retaining Systems to Various Local Subsoil Conditions - A Case Study
5.15
Dimitrios Konstantakos
(USA)
Online Database of Deep Excavation Performance and Prediction 5.16
Patrick Becker
Berhane Gebreselassie
Hans-Georg Kempfert
(Germany)
Back Analysis of a Deep Excavation in Soft Lacustrine Clay 5.17
Xiaohai Wang
Francois G. Bernardeau
Jean-Claude Younan
(USA)
Slurry Trench Stability Analysis - Constructing Cement-Bentonite Slurry Trench
Adjacent to Existing Soil-Bentonite Backfill 5.19
Abdolreza Osouli
Youssef M.A. Hashash
(USA)
Learning of Soil Behavior from Measured Response of a Full Scale Test Wall in
Sandy Soil 5.20
Jeffrey C. Evans
(USA)
Alamitos Gap: A Case Study using the Trench Remixing and Deep Wall Method
5.21
Salah Sadek
(Lebanon)
Failure of a Hybrid Flexible Shoring System for a 30M Excavation: Exploration of
Causes and Remedial Measures 5.22
Sami Arsoy
(Turkey)
Analysis of a Group of Failing Retaining Walls and Remediation Measures 5.23
Wolfgang Roth
Bei Su
Jake Vanbaarsel
Eric Lindquist
(USA)
Effect of High In-Situ Stress on Braced Excavations 5.25
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L. Yan
D.A. Trapp
A. Sy
(Canada)
Construction of a Plastic Concrete Seepage Cutoff Wall for the New Coquitlam
Dam 5.26
Ravinrda Gill
Mahavir Bidasaria
(India)
Anchored RCC Diaphragm Wall Coffer Dam for Bisalpur Dam (A Case - Study)
5.29
Luljeta Bozo
(Albania)
Failure of Retaining Structures in Town Lezha and their Consequence in
Neighbouring Building 5.30
Fabio Matta
Antonio Nanni
(USA)
Structural Response of FRP Reinforced Concrete Softeyes for Tunnel Excavation
5.31
Hadi Suroor
Mahi Galagoda
Chris McGhee
(USA)
Design and Construction of Circular Secant Pile Walls in Soft Clays 5.33
Richard Kulesza
(USA)
Nikos Boussoulas
(Greece)
W. Allen Marr
(USA)
Deep Excavation in Hard Sandy Clays for Stations and Shafts of the Athens Metro
Stavros Extension 5.34
Petr Koudelka
(Czech Republic)
Granular Mass Behaviour under Passive Pressure 5.35
P. Jagannatha Rao
(India)
Practical Lessons from the Failure of a Reinforced Soil Retaining Wall on a Major
Highway 5.36
A.H. Sadeghpour
A. Ghanbari
M. Fadaee
(Iran)
Groundwater Lowering in Deep Excavation (Case Study: Foundation Excavation of
Shahid Madani Dam) 5.37
Meenal Gosavi
Satyendra Mittal
Swami Saran
(India)
Stabilization of Gantry Column Foundation by Soil Nailing 5.40
SESSION 6a
“Case Histories and Failure of Geological, Rock and Mining Engineering, Including Underground
Structures and Excavations, and Subsidence of Deltas”
D. Lo Presti
M. Cravero
G. Iabichino
(Italy)
An “Unexpected” Rock Failure in a Limestone Open Pit Mine 6.01a
F. E. Volkov
L. N. Gera
(Russia)
Use of Strengthening Cementation when Civil Structures on Karsted Territory
Construction 6.02a
R.K. Goel
Anil Swarup
(India)
Case History of Tunnelling Through Claystone 6.03a
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S.Y. Mhaiskar
R.A. Hegde
C.R. Tata
(India)
Columnar Basalt - Vibration Study and Preservation Methods at Mumbai, India
6.04a
Dimitrios Zekkos
Julien Cohen-Waeber
Edmund Medley
Chris Hunt
Krzysztof Jesionek
(USA)
Characterization of a Weak Rock Mass and Geoengineering Analyses for a Canyon
Landfill in Northern California 6.05a
Eric M. Klein
Jennifer L. Trimble
(USA)
Characterization of Piedmont Residual Soil and Saprolite in Maryland 6.07a
Gennaro G. Marino
Mohamed Gamal
Nagesh Malyala
(USA)
Empirical Correlations of Longwall Subsidence Data for the Illinois Coal Basin
6.08a
M.S. Mundhe
V.B. Pandhare
N.M. Methekar
Shriram R. Vaijapurkar
(India)
Case History Compilation of Engineering Properties of Common Rocks in
Maharashtra, India, for Database (1982-2002) 6.09a
M.S. Ranadive
(India)
Shape Optimization of Tunnel by Finite Element Method 6.10a
Verya Nasri
(USA)
Christian Winum
Pierre Magnien
(France)
Rehabilitation of La Nerthe Tunnel on Paris-Marseille High-Speed Railway Line
6.11a
Verya Nasri
(USA)
Philippe Fauvel
(France)
Construction of Express Subway Line EOLE in Paris 6.12a
J. Sturman
E.B. Rehwoldt
(USA)
C.D. Martin
(Canada)
Support of Rock Cuts at Washington-Dulles International Airport 6.13a
Fabrice Emeriault
Richard Kastner
Emilie Vanoudheusden
(France)
Movements Induced by Tunnelling with an EPB Machine in Overconsolidated Soils:
Compans Monitoring Section of Toulouse Subway Line B 6.14a
S. Taghipoor
(Iran)
Application of Numerical Modelling to Study the Efficiency of Roof Bolting Pattern
in East 1 Main Gate of Tabas Coal Mine 6.17a
SESSION 6b
“Anticipation, Characterization, Design and Construction in the Geological Complexity of Mélanges, Fault
Rocks, Weathered Rocks, Boulder Colluviam, Lahars, and Similar Bimrocks (Block-in-Matrix Rocks) and
Rock/Soil Mixtures”
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Koichi Nakagawa
Shigenobu Yamada
Isamu Tsuka
(Japan)
Characterization of the Shear-Induced Potential (SIP) in Clay and the Application to
Landslide Sites 6.01b
Amy L. Guisinger
Ching L. Kuo
Teresa Puckett
(USA)
Design and Construction of Drilled Shafts in Karst Environments of Florida 6.02b
Said Ghorbanbeigi
Jafar Najihamodi
(Iran)
Land Subsidence in Tehran District, Iran 6.07b
SESSION 7a
“Case Histories of Soil Property Improvement, Expansive and Collapsible Soils; for Earthquake Mitigation,
Use of Lightweight Materials, Application of Geo-Synthetics; Freshly Loaded Filled Ancient Marshy Lands
– The Effects and Risks of Foundation, (Vanished Ports such as Alexandria and Other Unknown, (Also from
India-Puri-Mahabalipuram), Site Characterization”
S. Shababoddin Yasrobi
Ali Reza Zandieh
Mehrzad Mortezaiy
(Iran)
The Laboratory Test Effects of Polyvinyl Acetate and Polyvinyl Acrylate on
Compressive Strength of Dune Sand 7.01a (final copy not yet received)
Runglawan Rachan
Suksun Horpibulsuk
(Thailand)
Compressive Strength of Repaired Road by Recycling Technique of Pavement
Materials 7.02a
Byung-Sik Chun
Duk-Hum Park
Jong-Nam Do
Yong-Goo Jang
(Korea)
Improvement Characteristics of Ground using C.G.S. through Field Case Study
7.03a
San-Shyan Lin
Chih-Jung Chien
(China)
Use of Sand Compaction Piles for Improvement of a Coal Ash Pond 7.06a
Matthew J. DeMarco
(USA)
Polyurethane Resin (PUR) Injection for Rock Mass and Structure Stabilization
7.07a
Muawia A. Dafalla
(Saudi Arabia)
Improvement of Thermal Resistivity of Desert Sand for use in High Voltage Cable
Beddings and Foundation in Arid Zones 7.09a
Jonathan Wu
(USA)
Kanop Ketchart
(Thailand)
Investigating Failure of a Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Wall in Black Hawk,
Colorado 7.11a
J. M. Kate
(India)
A Case Study on Rectification of Damaged Structures on Expansive Soil Deposits
7.12a
B.M. Al-Khailany
R.R. Al-Omari
W.F. Sagman
(Iraq)
Geological Alterations and Chemical Treatment of a Polluted Limestone Foundation
7.14a
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F.E. Volkov
L.N. Gera
(Russia)
Strengthening of Clay Soils of Buildings Bases under Reconstruction by Means of
Alkalization 7.15a
Gareth Swift
Russell Jones
(United Kingdom)
The Design and Construction of a Reinforced Embankment on Soft Compressible
Soil 7.16a
Stavros A. Savidis
Frank Rackwitz
Maik Schüßler
(Germany)
Design and Construction of Granular Soil Columns for Ground Improvement of
Very Soft Soils for Road Embankments 7.17a
Mounir Bouassida
Lassaad Hazzar
(Tunisia)
Comparison Between Stone Columns and Vertical Geodrains with Preloading
Embankment Techniques 7.18a
Jose L. M. Clemente
Tianfei Liao
Thomas Nixon
(USA)
Geogrid-Reinforced Soil Mat for Temporary Support of Heavy Equipment 7.19a
Vittorio Manassero
Giuseppe Di Salvo
Fabio Giannelli
Giuseppe Colombo
(Italy)
A Combination of Artificial Ground Freezing and Grouting for the Excavation of a
Large Size Tunnel Below Groundwater 7.20a
A. Stanciu
N. Boti
I. Lungu
O. Donciu
(Romania)
Case Study of a Water Tank Behaviour on an Improved Collapsible Soil 7.21a
Omar S. B. Al-Amoudi
(Saudi Arabia)
Testing and Stabilization of Saline Sabkha Soils: A Review 7.22a
Liaqat Ali
Sarfraz Ali
(Pakistan)
Enhancement of Bearing Capacity by Dynamic Compaction – A Case History 7.25a
Bak Kong Low
(Singapore)
Settlement Analysis of Chek Lap Kok Trial Embankments with Probabilistic
Extensions 7.26a
Adel M. El-Kelesh
Tamotsu Matsui
Ken-ichi Tokida
(Japan)
Effectiveness of Compaction Grout Piles in Improving Foundation Soils of Existing
Runway 7.27a
Antonio Cavallaro
Salvatore Grasso
Michele Maugeri
(Italy)
Dynamic Geotechnical Characterization of San Giuliano Di Puglia Seismic Area
7.28a
Antonio Cavallaro
Salvatore Grasso
Valentina Lentini
Michele Maugeri
(Italy)
Geotechnical Characterization of a Soft Clay Soil Subjected to a Preloading
Embankment 7.29a
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R. D. Verastegui Flores
W.F. Van Impe
P. Afschrift
W. Cromheeke
(Belgium)
Performance of Deep Mixing Improvement of Alluvial Soft Soil 7.30a
Franklin Fong
Chad M. Davis
(USA)
Case History - Settlement Mitigation for Mat Foundation using Lean Concrete
Columns 7.31a
Hamid Reza Nouri
(USA)
Hamid Ali-Elahi
Mehdi Jalili
Ehsan Seyedi Hosseininia
(Iran)
Evaluation of Empirical Relationships for Dynamic Compaction in Liquefiable
Reclaimed Silty Sand Layers using Pre/Post Cone Penetration Tests 7.32a
Syed Faiz Ahmad
(Saudi Arabia)
Ground Improvement of a Beach Structure Complex by Means of Stone Columns A Saudi Arabian Case History 7.33a
M.L. Rainone
P. Torrese
P. Signanini
F. Pizzica
(Italy)
Seismic Characterisation of Soils with Spt: Comparison of Calculated Vs Values
and Measured Vs Values 7.34a
Sao-Jeng Chao
(Taiwan R.O.C.)
Performance Study on Geosynthetic Reinforced Shallow Foundations 7.35a
Ulrich La Fosse
Theodore von
Rosenvinge, IV
(USA)
Earthquake Mitigation by Blast Densification 7.36a
A.K.L. Kwong
X.F. Han
L.G. Tham
P.K.K. Lee
(Hong Kong)
W.B. Zhao
(China)
A Field Test Study on Under Water Vacuum Preloading Method 7.39a
Chee-Ming Chan
Siti Hajarahani Abdullah
(Malaysia)
Settlement Behaviour of a Cement-stabilised Malaysian Clay 7.41a
Hossein Nowamooz
F. Masrouri
(France)
Swelling Soils Behavior in Cyclic Suction-Controlled Drying and Wetting 7.42a
Sanjeev Kumar
Miton Adhikari
(USA)
Load-Deformation Behavior of Bentonite Amended Bottom Ash In Bending 7.43a
Timothy J. Myers
Hristo K. Dobrev
John Szturo
Wayne Duryee
(USA)
Improvement of Soil and Rock Properties for Foundation Support for Missouri
Interchange Project 7.45a
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David Rees Gillette
(USA)
Review of In Situ Measurements as Indications of Liquefaction Potential at
Numerous Sites 7.46a
Dimitar Antonov
(Bulgaria)
Laboratory Seismic Wave Investigations on Improved Loess Soils as Engineered
Barriers in the Radioactive Waste Repository Case 7.47a
Behzad Fatahi
Buddhima Indraratna
Hadi Khabbaz
(Australia)
Case Study on the Influence of Transpiration on the Ground Behaviour 7.48a
Jan Najser
Jan Bohac
(Czech Republic)
Emma Pooley
Sarah Springman
Jan Laue
(Switzerland)
Construction of Motorway on Double Porosity Clay Fill 7.50a
Dimcho Evstatiev
Yordan Evlogiev
(Bulgaria)
Underground Facilities in Loess 7.52a
Dimcho Evstatiev
Mariana Nedelcheva
Yordan Evlogiev
(Bulgaria)
Foundation Work of High TV Tower in Collapsible Loess 7.53a
Fernando da Casa Martín
F. Celis D’Amico
E. Echeverria Valíente
P. Chías Navarro
A. García Bodega
(Spain)
Excavation for Underground Parking in Seville (Spain). Treatment with Reinforced
Injections. 7.54a
F. Di Credico
P. Signanini
P. Torrese
(Italy)
Some Interesting Results about Behaviour of Granular Media 7.55a
Dong K. Chang
Hugh S. Lacy
(USA)
Artificial Ground Freezing in Geotechnical Engineering 7.56a
Sven Hansbo
(Sweden)
Soil Improvement by Means of Electro-Osmosis 7.58a
M. Nunez
D. Dias
C. Poilpre
R. Kastner
(France)
Soft Ground Improved by Rigid Vertical Piles. Experimental and Numerical Study
of Two Real Cases in France 7.59a
Hide Yasuhara
Takamasa Morito
Yoshinori Kochi
Mitsu Okamura
(Japan)
Evolution of Soil Desaturation by Air-injection Technique and Its Evaluation via
Multiphase Flow Simulation 7.60a
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M. J. Hossain
M. Alamgir
M.A. Mahamud
(Bangladesh)
Field Investigation on the Performance of Rammed Aggregate Pier in a Soft Ground
of Bangladesh 7.66a
D.S.V. Prasad
G.V.R. Prasada Raju
(India)
Utilisation of Waste Plastics in Flexible Pavement Construction Laid on Expansive
Soil Subgrade 7.68a
Ken Ivanetich
Lisheng Shao
(USA)
Jet Grouting for Mass Treatment to Support an Aggregate Stockpile Building over
Very Soft Clays 7.69a
Adil Godiwalla
(USA)
Advanced, Modern and Innovative Technologies Used at The Houston Airport
System (Stabilized Subgrades and Stabilized Bases) 7.70a
SESSION 7b
“Case Histories of Environmental Contamination and Problems including, Geotechnical and Hydrological
Management and Remediation of Solid, Hazardous and Low-Level Radioactive Wastes, including Liner
Cover Systems and Landfill Closure for Brownfield Development”
Sanjay Das
Indra Prakash
(India)
Assessment of Groundwater Hazards in a Costal District o f Gujarat, India 7.01b
R. Jeffrey Dunn
(USA)
Lessons Learned from Closing Three Major Landfills – The Devil Really is in the
Details 7.03b
B.N. Moolchandani
(India)
Subject Areas of Geotechnological Engineering (GE) with Case Studies W.R.T.
Indian Scenario. Case Study of Recharging Surface Ground Water at Source,
Ensuring No Contamination of Water (A GE Subject) 7.09b
Derrick A. Shelton
David A. Schoenwolf
Nisha P. Mohanan
(USA)
Redevelopment of a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill: Engineering Design
Challenges 7.10b
SESSION 8a
“Case Histories of Projects of District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia; DC Monuments; Washington
Monument, WWII Memorial, Lincoln Memorial,, and Reflecting Pool; DC Convention Center, New I-95
Woodrow Bridge over the Potomac D. C. Metro, Springfield Interchange, The Dulles Light Rail Project.”
David Rothenberg
Mamoud Hosseini
(USA)
Case History of the Temporary Support of an 11-Story Historic Building in
Downtown Washington, DC 8.01a
Hiren J. Shah
Hugh S. Lacy
Matthew B. Van Rensler
(USA)
Mechanically Reinforced Earth for Steep Surcharge Slopes in Proximity of Adjacent
Structures to Improve Compressible Soils 8.02a
Cory Surber
Mamoud Hosseini
(USA)
Excavation and Shoring Support for the National Institutes of Health East
Redundancy Loop Project at Building 10 on N.I.H. Campus in Bethesda Maryland
8.03a
Eric M. Klein
Jennifer L. Trimble
Bibek B. Shrestha
(USA)
Tied-Back Top-Down Wall to Support I-295 Ramp 8.04a
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Douglas W. Christie
(USA)
Foundations for Memorials and Monuments on the National Mall 8.05a
Roderic A. Ellman, Jr.
(USA)
New I-95 Woodrow Wilson Bridge Foundations 8.07a
Victor Omelchenko
Mamoud Hosseini
(USA)
Excavation Support for the Newseum Development at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue in
Washington, D.C., USA 8.09a
Irvin Ragsdale
Keki Wadia
(USA)
Temporary Support of Excavation System for 300 New Jersey Avenue 8.10a
SESSION 8b
“Case Histories of Forensic Geotechnical Engineering, Where Things Went Wrong; Reliability of Codes;
Risk Analysis Pertaining to Public Structures, Non-Destructive Evaluation and Load Testing of Drilled
Shafts, Auger Cast Piles and Driven Piles; and Damage Evaluation” and “Advance Information, Systems in
the Geotechnical Risk Predication and Assessment”
So-ngo Clifford Teme
O.D. Ngerebara
Essien Ubong
(Nigeria)
Need for Prior Geotechnical Engineering Studies for Foundation Design: Cases of
Collapsed Buildings in Port Harcourt and Environs, Nigeria 8.01b
Mary Perlea
Scott Loehr
(USA)
Geotechnical Risk Analysis of the Local Flood Control Projects on the Kansas River in
Topeka, Kansas 8.02b
E.T. Arshba
V.A. Barvashov
G.V. Vasyukov
(Russia)
Two History Cases of Innovations 8.04b
Debasis Roy
Raghvendra Singh
(India)
Failure of Two High Embankments at Soft Soil Sites 8.06b
M. B. Mgangira
P. Paige-Green
(South Africa)
Evaluation of Damage to a Road and a Sports Complex on Expansive Clays 8.08b
Xiong (Bill) Yu
(USA)
Yuewen Huang
(China)
Forensic on Construction Induced Failure of Pipe Pile Foundations 8.13b
SESSION 8c
“Case Histories of Health Monitoring and Retrofit of Infrastructure, including Bridges, Tunnels, and other
Transportation and Geotechnical Structures”
So-ngo Clifford Teme
Essien Ubong
(Nigeria)
An Evaluation of the Geotechnical Characteristics of the Abutments of a Proposed
Bridge Across a 400-Meter River Channel in the Lower Niger Delta, Nigeria 8.01c
So-ngo Clifford Teme
Essien Ubong
(Nigeria)
Subsurface Geotechnical Engineering Investigations for a 9.833-KM Long Road
and 130-Meter Wide Bridge in a Karst Topography in South-South Nigeria 8.02c
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António Topa Gomes
António Silva Cardoso
Jorge Almeida e Sousa
(Portugal)
José Carlos Andrade
Carlos Augusto
Campanhã
(Brazil)
Design and Behavior of Salgueiros Station for Porto Metro 8.04c
Jésus E. Gómez
Carlos J. Rodriguez
Helen D. Robinson
Johanna Mikitka
Larry Keough
(USA)
Bond Strength of Hollow-Core Bar Micropiles 8.05c
Luis Fargier-Gabaldon
Daniel A. Salcedo
Rosendo CamargoMora
(Venezuela)
Ancient Landslide Reactivation at the Viaduct No. 1 Located on the Caraca-La- Guaira
Highway in Venezuela 8.08c
Konstantinos
Giannakos
(Greece)
Damage of Railway Sleepers under Dynamic Loads: A Case History from the Greek
Railway Network 8.09c
Hoe-Chian Yeow
Ian Feltham
(United Kingdom)
Case Histories Back Analyses for the Application of the Observational Method under
Eurocodes for the SCOUT Project 8.12c
Spyros Tsoukantas
Konstantinos
Tzanakakis
Danai Spyropoulou
Petros Panopoulos
Manto Mintzia
(Greece)
Investigation on the Causes of Longitudinal Cracks on Prestressed Monoblock
Railway Sleepers of Metric Gauge of the Greek Railway Network 8.13c
SESSION 9
“Case Histories of Offshore Geotechnics; Effects of Soft Clay on Off-shore Foundations; and Gas
Production on Soils and Foundation and Stability”
Wolfgang G. Brunner
Manfred Beyer
(Germany)
New BAUER Flydrill System Drilling Monopiles at Barrow Offshore Wind Farm,
UK 9.01
A. Arulrajah
(Australia)
M.W. Bo
(Canada)
H. Nikraz
(Australia)
Case Study of the Changi East Land Reclamation Project, Singapore 9.03
Paul Doherty
Kenneth Gavin
(Ireland)
Degradation of Axial Shaft Capacity of Piles in Soft Clay Due to Cyclic Loading 9.04
Alp Gökalp
Rasin Düzceer
(Turkey)
Ice Protection Barrier Construction in Caspian Sea 9.07
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Gareth Swift
(United Kingdom)
Geotechnical Design of an Offshore Gravity Base Structure 9.08
Francesco Mirabelli
Lorenzo Paoletti
Eric J. Parker
(Italy)
Jackup Rig Spud Can Penetration: A 6,000 Ton Load Test 9.09
Masaru Fujimoto
Takechiho Tabata
Tsuyoshi Emura
Masato Nakamichi
(Japan)
Construction of Mass Concrete Structure Utilizing Ground Settlement from Underpass
Construction in the 2nd Phase Kansai International Airport Project 9.10
SESSION 10
“Application of Geotechnical Engineering in Outer Space, including Granular Material Behavior in Lunar
and Martian Environments; Granular Material Behavior in Asteroidal and Cometary Environments;
Extra-terrestrial Mining, Construction, and Transportation Infrastructure Development; R&D and
Technology Trial Results”
Philip T. Metzger
John E. Lane
Christopher D. Immer
Sandra Clements
(USA)
Cratering and Blowing Soil by Rocket Engines during Lunar Landings 10.01
Leslie Gertsch
Jamal Rostami
Robert Gustafson
(USA)
Review of Lunar Regolith Properties for Design of Low Power Lunar Excavators
10.02
SESSION 11a
“Application of Case Histories in Education; How Case Histories have been Incorporated in Coursework;
How to Conduct Search for Case Histories, and what are the Major Sources, Examples of Specific use/s:
Importance of Teaching Case Histories; From Case Histories to Conceptual Models; Importance of
Practical Experience of Professors, Use of Case Histories in Teaching Process, Is it Possible to Involve
Students in Case Histories (i.e. in Engineering Practice)?”
J. David Rogers
(USA)
A Historical Perspective on Geotechnical Case Histories Courses (Distinguished
Speaker)
Peter Scharle
(Hungary)
Streamlining Case Studies for Education 11.01a
Sanjeev Kumar
(USA)
Geotechnical Failures: An Excellent Tool to Teach Geotechnical Engineering 11.02a
Arun Bapat
(India)
Monitoring Seismic and Geophysical Parameters with the Help of College Instruments
and Staff 11.03a
Waddah Akili
(USA)
Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering: Enhancing the Practice in an Interactive
Learning Environment 11.04a
William D. Lawson
(USA)
Soil Sampling at Sword Beach – Luc-sur-Mer, France, 1943: How Geotechnical
Engineering Influenced the D-Day Invasion and Directed the Course of Modern
History 11.06a
Matthew Mauldon
Kristin Brennan
(USA)
Exploring Case Histories: Chocolatetown PA 11.07a
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Liaqat Ali
Sarfraz Ali
(Pakistan)
From Case Histories to Conceptual Models 11.10a
Chavdar V. Kolev
(Bulgaria)
One Hundred Years Settlement of the Verna’s Breakwater – Construction on Soft Clay
Like a Typical Example from University Program of Port Construction in Bulgaria
11.11a
Sukhmander Singh
(USA)
Case Histories Oriented Teaching of Geotechnical Engineering 11.12a
Jacques Harb
(Lebanon)
Addressing the Geotechnical Case Histories of Beirut 11.13a
Declan Phillips
(Ireland)
Benefits of Case Based Instruction in Undergraduate Geotechnical Education 11.14a
K.S. Babu Narayan
B.M. Sunil
(India)
Use of Case Histories to Enhance Practical Geotechnical Engineering 11.15a
Maj Goril Baverfjord
Vikas Thakur
(Norway)
The Verdal and Rissa Landslides – Application of Case Histories in Education 11.17a
Mohamed Djebbi
Mounir Bouassida
(Tunis)
Educating Students through Understanding the Pathology of Geotechnical Projects
11.18a
Carsten H. Floess
(USA)
Use of Case Histories in the Classroom 11.19a
Jiri Slovak
Jiri Svoboda
Radek Vasicek
Pavla Bauerova
(Czech Republic)
Josef Exploration Drift - From Exploration of Gold to Unique Facility for
Geotechnical Research, Education and Training 11.20a
Peter Scharle
(Hungary)
Application of Case Studies in Education 11.21a
SESSION 11b
“Application of Case Histories to Practice; Use of Case Histories to Enhance Practical Geotechnical
Engineering; Practice in Different Offices to Achieve this Objective with Examples; Importance of Lifelong
Learning; Use of Case Histories in Life Long Learning; Establishing an International data base for Case
Histories."
Fabrice Emeriault
Richard Kastner
Rodolphe Louis-Sidney
Elöd Egyed-Zsigmond
(France)
A New International Database on Case Histories of Monitored Construction of
Tunnels and Deep Excavations 11.02b
Scott Shuler
(USA)
Implications of Swelling Clays on Asphalt Pavement Performance in Colorado 11.03b
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Ahmed Mohammed
Thamer
A.A. Aziz
B.B.K. Huat
(Malaysia)
Incorporating Case Study and Site Visit for Teaching of Earth and Hydraulic
Structures at Universiti Putra Malaysia 11.04b
Chavdar V. Kolev
(Bulgaria)
Landslides in Balchik – the Biggest Nature Experiment for Shore Protection in
Bulgaria 11.05b
Liaqat Ali
Sarfraz Ali
(Pakistan)
Use of Case Histories to Enhance Practical Geotechnical Engineering 11.06b
Lizè Groenewald
Francis Legge
(South Africa)
Foundations of the Nation: The Hillbrow and Brixton Towers as Figurations of
National Identity in South Africa 11.07b
A.R. Koelewijn
A.M.J. Mens
(Netherlands)
Geobrain: Dutch Feasibility Database for Installing Sheet Pile Walls 11.08b
David J. Baxter
Neil Dixon
Paul R. Fleming
Ken A. Cromwell
(United Kingdom)
Using Experience and Case History Data to Enhance the Design of Piled Foundations
and Predict Behaviour Characteristics 11.09b
Shubhada S. Jagtap
Annapurni Iyer
Minimol Korulla
(India)
Emerging Innovative Solutions Enhancing Practical Geotechnical Engineering 11.10b
V.T. Ganpule
S.Y. Mhaiskar
(India)
Deterioration of Bored Cast In Situ Piles due to Aggressive Water 11.11b
Camilo Marulanda
Escobar
Alberto Marulanda
Posada
(Colombia)
Recent Experience on Design, Construction and Performance of CFRD Dams 11.14b
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